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HOLY COW! HISTORY: How a Kids’ Toy Named the Super Bowl

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Lamar Hunt had a problem. The big game, the biggest of its kind ever held, was being planned. And it needed a name worthy of the occasion.

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DV Journal

HOLY COW! HISTORY: How a Kids’ Toy Named the Super Bowl – DV Journal

Lamar Hunt had a problem. The big game, the biggest of its kind ever held, was being planned. And it needed a name worthy of the occasion. Hunt, an oil

16 days ago

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Las Vegas Review-Journal

COMMENTARY: Here’s how a kids’ toy named the Super Bowl

As serious planning for the big showdown began, Hunt couldn’t get an image out of his mind.

16 days ago·Las Vegas, United States

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The Post and Courier

Powell: Kid's toy inspired 'Super Bowl'

Super Ball, a Wham-O children's toy of the 1960s, became the inspiration for Kansas City Chiefs' Lamar Hunt to rename AFL-NFL Championship Game the Super Bowl

16 days ago·Charleston, United States

HOLY COW! HISTORY: How a Kids’ Toy Named the Super Bowl

Lamar Hunt had a problem. The big game, the biggest of its kind ever held, was being planned. And it needed a name worthy of the occasion. Hunt, an oil tycoon’s son, had been crazy about football ever since he was a kid, just like many boys. With one huge difference … his family’s wealth meant he could indulge his passion in ways others never could. As a young businessman just out of college in the 1950s, he wanted to get in on the game. Profess…

18 days ago

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